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enRally For Proposed Jacksonville School District Draws Hundredshttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/rally-proposed-jacksonville-school-district-draws-hundreds
<p></p><p>A crowd estimated at more than 500 crowded into the Jacksonville Community Center Mon. night to kickoff the campaign for a new school district independent of the Pulaski County Special School District.&nbsp;</p><p>A special election Sept. 16 will determine whether the northern Pulaski County town will have its own district after years of sharing school governance with many other communities in the state's most populous county.&nbsp;</p>Tue, 12 Aug 2014 05:47:10 +0000David Wallace28042 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgRally For Proposed Jacksonville School District Draws HundredsFAA Reimburses Clinton National Airport $1.9 Million To Cover Land Purchaseshttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/faa-reimburses-clinton-national-airport-19-million-cover-land-purchases
<p>The Federal Aviation Administration is making an installment payment of nearly $2-mil. to Clinton National Airport to reimburse the purchase of land for future development.</p><p>The purchase of property north of Dassault Falcon Jet began in 2006 and totaled $10.6-mil. The payment is just one installment in what will amount to a total reimbursement of $8.7-mil.</p>Sat, 02 Aug 2014 15:21:19 +0000David Wallace27565 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgFAA Reimburses Clinton National Airport $1.9 Million To Cover Land PurchasesCotton Senate Campaign Launches Veterans For Cottonhttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/cotton-senate-campaign-launches-veterans-cotton
<p></p><p></p><p>Using the Arkansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the state Capitol grounds as the backdrop, Congressman Tom Cotton unveiled the Veterans for Cotton Coalition Sat.</p><p>The coalition boasts more than 400 Arkansas veterans from every corner of the state, according to the campaign.</p><p>"Washington, D.C. would be a better place if it had more people that more people who reflected the values of leadership, duty, courage, service," Cotton said in announcing the coalition.</p>Sat, 26 Jul 2014 18:43:09 +0000David Wallace27188 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgCotton Senate Campaign Launches Veterans For CottonCity Board Postpones Vote On Downtown Mapco Stationhttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/city-board-postpones-vote-downtown-mapco-station
<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The crowd that converged on the Little Rock Board of Directors meeting Tuesday night will have to wait another three months to voice its opposition to the proposed Mapco gas station and convenience store at Broadway and Third Street downtown.&nbsp;</span></p><p>The board voted to defer the matter at the request of the applicants, who reached out to City Director Lance Hines in a phone call earlier Tuesday.</p><p>Directors were to take up an ordinance to change the zoning of the area from urban use to commercial development.</p>Wed, 02 Jul 2014 01:12:36 +0000David Wallace25775 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgCity Board Postpones Vote On Downtown Mapco StationBeebe: Arkansas VA Not Sharing Federal Problemshttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/beebe-arkansas-va-not-sharing-federal-problems
<p>With scandal breaking in the United States Veterans Administration, Governor Mike Beebe wants to make sure people know the difference between the federal V-A and the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs.</p><p>Those are two distinct agencies with distinct missions, and Beebe said in his weekly media address&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5;">the state Department of Veterans Affairs has not contributed to the problems on the national VA</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">.&nbsp;</span></p>Sat, 21 Jun 2014 15:19:24 +0000David Wallace25200 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgBeebe: If Private Option Dropped, Revenue Must Be Replacedhttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/beebe-if-private-option-dropped-revenue-must-be-replaced
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>Governor Mike Beebe told a statewide television audience Thursday night the legislature will leave an $86-million "hole in the budget" if it reverses course from last year and ends the private option for the expansion of Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act.</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The funding for the private option must be re-appropriated each year.&nbsp;</span>Lawmakers are expected to decide its fate in the fiscal session now underway at the capitol.</p>Fri, 24 Jan 2014 03:39:37 +0000David Wallace17913 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgBeebe: If Private Option Dropped, Revenue Must Be ReplacedLittle Rock Voters Back Robinson Makeover By Big Margin http://ualrpublicradio.org/post/little-rock-voters-back-robinson-makeover-big-margin
<p></p><p>A massive renovation of Little Rock's venerable Robinson Center won the overwhelming approval of Little Rock voters Tuesday with more than 72 percent favoring the use of part of the city's hospitality tax to fund the $73.5 million project.</p><p>Turnout was light with only 6,988 of the approximately 114,000 eligible voters showing up at the polls. Supporters of the plan blamed sparse turnout on the harsh winter weather over the last week, but they were happy with the results.</p>Wed, 11 Dec 2013 04:57:29 +0000David Wallace15867 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgLittle Rock Voters Back Robinson Makeover By Big Margin Designer Of State Flag Honored in Wabbasekahttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/designer-state-flag-honored-wabbaseka
<p></p><p>They&rsquo;re finally getting around to honoring the designer of the Arkansas flag, 100 years after it was created.</p><p>Willie K. Hocker of Wabbaseka created what we now use as the Arkansas state flag and unveiled it at the Arkansas State Fair in Hot Springs in 1913.</p><p>The design is the familiar diamond-shaped blue band on a red background with 25 white stars signifying Arkansas as the 25th state.</p>Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:55:15 +0000David Wallace12734 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgDesigner Of State Flag Honored in WabbasekaGovernor Touts Common Core in Radio Addresshttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/governor-touts-common-core-radio-address
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><em>The following is a transcript of Governor Mike Beebe's weekly radio address for Aug. 30:</em></p><p>As Arkansas students in grades 9 through 12 begin a new school year, their teachers have new expectations for their academic achievements.</p>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:06:10 +0000David Wallace10485 at http://ualrpublicradio.orgGovernor Touts Common Core in Radio AddressHarrison Mulls Paying For Online Reputation Rehabhttp://ualrpublicradio.org/post/harrison-mulls-paying-online-reputation-rehab
<p>The north Arkansas town of Harrison has long been associated with the Ku Klux Klan, creating an image that city leaders say is just not true.</p><p>News articles about Harrison’s inglorious past and proximity to the home of national Knights of the K-K-K Director Thom Robb trend toward the top of internet searches of information about the Boone County town.</p><p>Robb lives in nearby Zinc Arkansas but for years used a Harrison post office box.</p>Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:24:56 +0000David Wallace10120 at http://ualrpublicradio.org